Sweet Lament letra

Do you ever shake
Noticing that you are still awake
That everything around you is real
I'm really this old, this is how I look and feel
Where'd time go and who am I?

But even so
I've tendencies I can't seem to outgrow
Like this overwhelming fear I have of the dark
Planning conversations I won't start
I'm terrified of what might be

And with one lamenting yell
We all retreat within ourselves
And then we say "oh well, we tried'
Should have tried a little harder
Should have been a little smarter
But if God don't have a plan, neither do I

We try so hard
To make up for all the things we aren't
Like the way I yell at the TV
Every night while watching Jeopardy
Though I won't make a single dime

And I don't mean
To be a pessimist but it's obscene
The way that things can all go down in flames
Fast or slow don't matter, it's the same
Just down, down, down in a great landslide

And with one lamenting yell
We all retreat within ourselves
And then we say "my God, how we tried"
But God is but a man
With a martini in his hand
These stars don't hold my fate and neither do I

Hearts afire aren't happier
No, hearts afire aren't happier
They all fizzle out fast in the end
Racing minds aren't happier
No, racing minds aren't happier
They are all just dead last in the end

And with one lamenting yell
We all retreat within ourselves
And then we say "my God, how we tried"
But God is but a man
With a martini in his hand
If love gets to be blind, then so do I

Lauren O'Connell - Letras

• 1988
• All I Have To Do Is Dream
• Atlantic City
• Bob Dylan's 49th Beard
• Build Yourself
• Bystander
• Chicken Wire
• Dancing In The Dark
• Desert Wind
• Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
• Every Space
• From Chambers, Slow
• Game Of Pricks
• Graceland
• Guilt
• Heart Of Gold
• House Of The Rising Sun
• Hungry Heart
• I Belong To You
• I Don't Mind
• I Don't Want To Get Over You
• I Fall To Pieces
• I Hear Them All
• I Only Want To Be With You
• I Think It's Going To Rain Today
• I Will Burn You Down
• I Would Rather Be Gone
• If Found / Gravity
• If I Needed You
• In On The Joke
• In The Next Room
• In the Trees
• It Wasn't You
• Knowing Her Name
• Kola
• Laminated Cat
• Less Festive Days
• Levers and Gears
• Little Maggie
• Lorraine
• Lost Cause
• Make Out In My Car
• Maybe True Stories
• Moon Hang Low
• Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
• O Death
• Oncoming Traffic
• Other People
• Our Town
• Out Of Focus
• Peacebone
• Radio War
• Reason To Believe
• Rest Easy
• Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
• Ruination Day, Pt. II
• Shimmering Silver
• Strange Currencies
• Superimposed
• Sweet Lament
• Tangled Up Kites
• That Thing You do
• The Daylight Here (Alternative Version)
• The Killing Moon
• The One I Love
• The One I Love Is Gone
• The Pilot
• The Same Things
• The Temptation Of Adam (Accidentally Short Version)
• The Way I Feel Inside
• Things Are Alright
• Things I Panic About
• Thirteen
• Unbelievers
• Under Control
• What Breaks (And What Doesn't)
• When I Decide
• Where Did Our Love Go
• White Noise